Jon Horton

Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun

Age: 31 Day job: Information technology specialist Because there's only one place in the United States to cheer for NFL football, a number of the male Ravens cheerleaders moved to Baltimore specifically for that. Horton is one of them -- heading east from Illinois after graduating from Northern Illinois University. Hoping to find another "second family" (guys to work out and hang out with), he drove cross-country with a cheerleading friend to try out for the Ravens. They both made the team and spent that first year struggling to make ends meet in their new town. Horton worked at Chili's. The friend soon gave up and moved home. Horton stuck it out. After nine years with the team, he proudly says, "I'm the most seasoned guy."

Age: 31 Day job: Information technology specialist Because there's only one place in the United States to cheer for NFL football, a number of the male Ravens cheerleaders moved to Baltimore specifically for that. Horton is one of them -- heading east from Illinois after graduating from Northern Illinois University. Hoping to find another "second family" (guys to work out and hang out with), he drove cross-country with a cheerleading friend to try out for the Ravens. They both made the team and spent that first year struggling to make ends meet in their new town. Horton worked at Chili's. The friend soon gave up and moved home. Horton stuck it out. After nine years with the team, he proudly says, "I'm the most seasoned guy." (Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun)

Age: 31 Day job: Information technology specialist Because there's only one place in the United States to cheer for NFL football, a number of the male Ravens cheerleaders moved to Baltimore specifically for that. Horton is one of them -- heading east from Illinois after graduating from Northern Illinois University. Hoping to find another "second family" (guys to work out and hang out with), he drove cross-country with a cheerleading friend to try out for the Ravens. They both made the team and spent that first year struggling to make ends meet in their new town. Horton worked at Chili's. The friend soon gave up and moved home. Horton stuck it out. After nine years with the team, he proudly says, "I'm the most seasoned guy."